093_HB0877

 
                                     LRB093 05678 JLS 05771 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to utilities.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Public  Utilities  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 16-105 as follows:

 6        (220 ILCS 5/16-105)
 7        Sec.  16-105.   Delivery services implementation plan. In
 8    order to  ensure  the  safe  and  orderly  implementation  of
 9    delivery  services, each electric utility shall submit to the
10    Commission no later than March 1, 1999, a  delivery  services
11    implementation  plan  for  non-residential  customers  and no
12    later than August 1, 2001, a delivery services implementation
13    plan  for  residential  customers.  The   delivery   services
14    implementation  plan  shall detail the process and procedures
15    by which each electric utility will offer  delivery  services
16    to  each  customer  class  and shall be designed to insure an
17    orderly transition and the maintenance of  reliable  service.
18    The  Commission  shall enter an order approving, or approving
19    as modified, the delivery  services  implementation  plan  of
20    each electric utility no later than 60 days prior to the date
21    on  which  the  electric  utility must commence offering such
22    services.
23    (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)